Message-ID: <4988D872.6010205@vanderbilt.edu>
Date: 2009-02-03T23:51:14Z
From: Frank E Harrell Jr
Subject: Numeric class and sasxport.get
In-Reply-To: <4988CAED.8010106@cognigencorp.com>
Sebastien Bihorel wrote:
> Frank,
>
> It is a non existing issue for me if the variables of class "labelled"
> (and only "labelled") can only be numerical variables (integer or numeric).
>
> Sebastien
'labelled' can apply to any type of vector. I'm not clear on the
problem this causes you. Please provide a command that is broken by
this behavior.
Frank
>
> Frank E Harrell Jr wrote:
>> Sebastien Bihorel wrote:
>>> Dear R-users,
>>>
>>> The sasxport.get function (from the Hmisc package) automatically
>>> defines the class of imported variables. I have noticed that the
>>> class of theoretically numeric variables is simply "labelled",
>>> although character variables might end up been defined as "labelled"
>>> "Date" or "labelled" "factor".
>>> Is there a way to tell sasxport.get to define numeric variable as
>>> "labelled" "integer" or "labelled" "numeric"?
>>
>> Sebastien,
>>
>> If that would fix a problem you're having we could look into it.
>> Otherwise I'd tend to leave well enough alone.
>>
>> Frank
>>
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>> Sebastien
>>>
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>>
>>
>
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Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chair School of Medicine
Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University